Man Charged for Over $70M Medicare Fraud Scheme

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Man charged for over $70M Medicare fraud scheme - The Oxford Eagle

A federal grand jury has indicted a former Ole Miss football player accused of scamming Medicare out of millions of dollars. An indictment was unsealed in Tampa last week charging Joel “Rufus” French” for his alleged role in an over $70 million fraud scheme involving the payment of kickbacks and bribes to obtain doctors’ orders for medically unnecessary durable medical equipment. French, 46, of Amory, made his initial appearance on April 11 in O…